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Adam's Sake

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Lucy works in an understaffed pediatric ward. When 4-year-old Adam is placed in her care, Lucy is confronted with his mother Rebecca’s refusal to leave his side, despite a judge’s restriction against her. For the sake of Adam, Lucy will do everything in her power to help this mother in distress.

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Ben Kenigsberg RogerEbert.com The film attempts a tricky balance of sympathies that I’m not certain it pulls off. May 16, 2025 Full Review Hannah Strong Little White Lies Wandel avoids easy answers – Adam's Sake is decidedly withholding of the facts, never quite revealing if Rebecca is acting in her son's best interests or suffering from a psychological condition herself. This is a strength. May 15, 2025 Full Review Peter Debruge Variety It’s an audacious strategy, not intended to impress so much as to immerse, which distinguishes “Adam’s Sake” from countless hospital-set procedurals. Wandel wants her audience to weigh the philosophical aspects of the situation. Rated: 3/5 May 14, 2025 Full Review Savina Petkova The Film Stage A more generous reading of Wandel’s latest would celebrate its underscoring of hospitals and legal systems deciding on the wellbeing of a child without realizing how enmeshed those decisions are within a greatly varying parental context. May 23, 2025 Full Review Hector A. Gonzalez InSession Film Adam’s Sake is not a revelation in the same way as Playground was, but it affirms Laura Wandel as a filmmaker of striking empathy and formal precision. Rated: B May 22, 2025 Full Review Jaime Pena Caimán Cuadernos de Cine Adam's Sake is like whichever hospital series episode, and is in no way better. [Full review in Spanish] May 20, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Laura Wandel

Director

Léa Drucker

Actor

Anamaria Vartolomei

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Jules Delsart

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Alex Descas

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Laurent Capelluto

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Movie Info

Synopsis Lucy works in an understaffed pediatric ward. When 4-year-old Adam is placed in her care, Lucy is confronted with his mother Rebecca’s refusal to leave his side, despite a judge’s restriction against her. For the sake of Adam, Lucy will do everything in her power to help this mother in distress.
Director
Laura Wandel
Screenwriter
Laura Wandel
Production Co
Dragons Films, Les Films du Fleuve, Les Films de Pierre
Genre
Drama
Original Language
French
Runtime
1h 18m